Bed-bottom



UNITED STATES.,

PATENT OEEICE. t

JOHN B. NORTON, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,657, dated March28, 1882.`

Application tiled January 2B, 1882. (No model.) l

To all whom 'it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. NORTON, of Madison, in the county of Daneand State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Bed-Bottoms; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this speciication.`

Figure 1 isa plan view of my improved bedbottom, and Figs. 2 to 9represent details of its component parts detached from each other andfrom the bed-frame.

My invention has relation to elastic or spring bed-bottoins; auditconsists in thecombinatiou and arrangement of spiral and other springswith disks or plates of wood, metal, cr other suitable material, in themanner` hereinafter more fully described and claimed. A

The letter I designates the frame of my improved spring bedbottom,intothe top of which staples G, or equivalent fastening devices, are l Hooksplaced equidistaut from one another. F are hooked into these staples andconnect with elliptic sprin gs A 5` or, it' desired, rhombie springs, asshown at B', or circular springs, as shown at H, may take the place ofthe elliptic springs. These springs A are connected side-4 Wise byhooked wires or double books E and endwise by donblehooked spiralsprings D.

4Rhombic plates 0, made of Wood, metal, or

other suitable material, alternate with the dat springs, and areconnected to each other and to their alternating springs in` likemannerviz.,sidewise bythe hooked conneetingor coupling wires E andendwise bythe hooked spiral springs D.' i

The rhombic plates O may be arranged in rows alternating with rows ofthe springs, or they may be arranged alternately with the springs,according to the degree of flexibility or elasticity the bed is to have.As the plates and their connecting-springs, it will be seen, aredetachable from each other, the arrangement of the plates can readily bevaried, it being the intention to furnish a suficient nurnber of theseplates with each bed-bottom to enable the purchaser to varyor changelthe relative arrangement ot' thesprings and plates in any Iuanner whichhe maydeem desirable.

It is obvious that my improvement is not limited in its application tobed-bottoms, but .may be used in the construction of chair-bottoms,carriage-seats, settees, and for other like purposes.l

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- Thecombination, in a spring bed-bottom, of 6o JOHN BROWN NORTON.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. FIEMIN, A. B. MORRIS.

